The Washington critic., 1887-08-30
SPORTS OF THE SEASON.

Tho New York sun says that great dis
satisfaction exists among the players OF the
Chicago Baseball Club on account OF Cap
tain Anson's treatment OF his men. PfeiTer
In particular Ia very indignant and threat.
eued to leave the club unless certain tlnes
imposed upon HIN by Anson were rcmltted.
The players say that the defeats suffered bg
Chicago In the pending Eastern trip 40
worked upon Anson that In SaturhU's
game he ragged like a wild bull, aud Pfeifer
happened to be the one gorcd The team, II
Is ssid, started out to "dom the town Sun,
day, and that Anson fined them right aud
ltit. ALson admits having disciplined
PfeiIer, but denies that there is any trouble
In The nine,
This is enough to make one tired. Man.
sger Fogel OF the indianapolis club, last
night sent the following message to Presl.
dent Young: "Umpire Brady deliberately
robbed us of to-day's game. 1t was the
most bsrefaced robbery every seen on bali
litld. | think Manager Mutrle aud Captain
Ewing will corrohOrate mo II called upon to
do 80. ] Will take my team to ths POlu
Grounds Tomorrow, but will Withdraw II
from the field and forfeit the game II Brady
comes there In the capacity Of official
umpire. ! have notified Mutrle OF my In.
tehtion In this respect Valentine ia here,
and to avoid trouble would suggest that
you order him to umpire tomorrow"
Director Scsnlon OF the Washington Club
Is Indignant at the Misrepresentation con
cerning the conduct OF spectators In the
grand stand, published IN a recent letter to
the Detroit Tribune and supported by re.
cent anonymous letter in the Post II was
alleged that the place Is made unfit for
ladies by reason of the prevalence OF
tobacco spit, profanity aud gambling. Mr..
scanlon has made II point to see that none
Of these evils exist. He II 10 the stand
every game and would prevent any violation
of genllemanly conduct.
1t lisa well.known fact that in "playine
the races" the better is guided to great
extent by the placing OF the jockeys. 1t Is
well known that a stable boy lie not given Il
mount which is expected to win, aud, geu.
orally speaking, the better the Jockey the
better are the horse's chances of winning
1t is, therefore, with the distinct under.
standing that the jockey posted by the
bookmaker will ride that many tickets are
bought on that Jockeys mount. IL the
Jockey Is changed, In all fairness the money
taken In while his name Was up should be
returned
Considerable feeling was occasioned al
the turf exchanges this morning owing to
the fact that Garrison had been placed to
ride Tramp in the Relief Stakes at Saratoga,
and money had flowed In as consequence,
but, shortly before the race, he was put on
Carey and Mccarthy substituted. The odd-
on Tramp went up consequently from $ to
l2, and II was considered that Tramp,
chances were much less. OF course the
book-makers made n good deal by II. The
public looked on II as low trick.
Now II Is possible that the book makers
were entirely innocent and did not know OF
the change until 1t was made. But the pub
lie, who rely upon the accuracy of the book.
makers boards, should not suffer. They
made Q contract, with the condition i'm.
piled that Garrison should ride Tramp.
When the condition was violated the con.
trsct was broken and the book-makers
should return the money. In principle It
la the same as The Bourbon Luna Brown,
Relax case. Three betters backed Luna
Brown with the condition that The Bour
bon was q non.starter. The Bourbon started
| and won, but all honorable book-mak err
| fulfilled the conditions Of the contract snt
| paid Luna Brown tickets, regarding tn,
Bourbon as non-starter for the purpose.